'Daughter' directed by Iranian director
and producer Reza Mirkarimi, wins awards for best film and best
actorFarhad Aslani, in Main Competition section at
the 38th Moscow International Film Festival, the organizers announced on
Thursday.

A Silver George for the best
director went to Danish filmmaker Puk Grasten for her “37”
while Therese Malvar from the Philippines was presented with a
Silver George for the best actress for her role in “Haze” by Ralston
Jover.

Based on a script by Mehran
Kashani, Mirkarimi’s
eighth feature film is about a family living in the southwestern city of Abadan,
Iran, who is awaiting the proposal ceremony of the older daughter. Meanwhile,
Setareh, the younger daughter, announces she is off to Tehran to say farewell to
one of her best friends who is leaving Iran for good. Despite her father’s
objections, Setareh boards the flight to Tehran. Her disobedience ignites a
series of incidents that upset the calm and tranquility of the
paterfamilias.

Farhad Aslani, Merila Zarei, Mahoor Alvand and Shahrokh
Forutanian are in the cast.Mirkarimi
received the festival’s Grand Prix (the Gold St George statuette) for
‘Daughter’ at the closing Thursday,
which was the Iranian director’s second Moscow Grand Prix, Mehr News Agency
reported. The first one was received for his film ‘As
Simple As That’ in 2008. Mirkarimi, 50,
is also the director of 34th and 35th Fajr
International Film Festival (FIFF).

‘Daughter’ made a debut at the 34th Fajr Film Festival in February and
won the best music score award for composer MOHAMMAD REZA
ALIGHOLI. Last week, Mirkarimi received the best film award for the film at
the ‘First Night of Cinema’, a first celebration of
the Cinema Daily newspaper. The Russian event will also be the first
international presence for the movie.

He has also won several international awards for different films over the
years. In 2000, his second feature ‘Under
the Moonlight’ won the Best Feature Award at the 40th Critics’ Week at the
2001 Cannes International Film Festival. The film
also won the Best Director’s Award as well as the Special Jury Prize at the
Tokyo International Film Festival in
2001.

Two of his films ‘So
Close, So Far’ (2005) and ‘Today’ (2014)
were entries for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars.

Moscow International Film Festival,
founded in 1935, is one of the most prestigious cultural events in the world.
The Iranian renowned filmmaker REZA MIRKARIMI’s
‘Daughter’ represented Iran
cinema at the 38th Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), held on 23-30
June, 2016, in Russia and became the critics’ favorite, scoring 7.3 out of
possible 10 which is the highest score among all competition films.

Screened in the main hall of the festival, ‘Daughter’ was competing with a Russian film in
keeping the audience pinned down to their seats in a hall of 1600 seats. The
movie also became a great hit with the audience who gave it a 4.55 score out of
5.